At the recent Annual General Meeting (AGM) the Bus Industry Confederation appointed the new BIC Council for 2023.
Congratulations to Anthony (Tony) Hopkins for being reappointed Chair and Julian Gurney who has been reappointed as Vice-Chair for a second year.
BIC would like to say a huge thank you to our outgoing Councillors, Grant Simmonds, James lowe, Dennis Sutton and Steve Heanes who was the BIC vice-chair for the 10 years prior to handing the reigns over to Julian in late 2021. All your hard work for the bus and coach industry has not gone unnoticed.
The 2023 Council members are:
- Operator Group: Tony Hopkins, Rolf Mitchell and Wayne Patch
- Chassis Suppliers Group: Mitch Peden and Julian Gurney
- Body Suppliers Group: Yuri Tessari and Desmond Armstrong
- Associated Service Providers Group: Anthony O’Donnell and Tony La Rocca
- BusNSW: John King and Joe Oliveri
- QBIC: Michael Baulch and Adam Pulitano
- BusSA: Stephen Lucas
- BusWA Ben Doolan
- TasBus: Shane Dewsbery
The Council has a big year ahead of it, providing strategic advice on various government reforms impacting the industry and developing a new strategic plan to guide the activities of the BIC in the future.
